On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Raphael Bauduin <rblists [at] gmail> wrote: > Hi, > > is it possible to run rsyslogd so that it is part of multiple groups? > I have added the syslog user to multiple groups, and then use > †$PrivDropToUser syslog > without $PrivDropToGroup but to no avail.

Hi,

I'm still stuck on this. I'm trying to use the Imfile module to send the content of logfile to another server through rsyslog. I added the syslog user to the group needed to access this log file, and when I su syslog, I indeed have access. The running daemon though does not have access, and I can confirm this is because it does not have the rights of the group I added the syslog user in.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Raphael Bauduin <rblists [at] gmail> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Raphael Bauduin <rblists [at] gmail> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> is it possible to run rsyslogd so that it is part of multiple groups? >> I have added the syslog user to multiple groups, and then use >> †$PrivDropToUser syslog >> without $PrivDropToGroup but to no avail. > > > Hi, > > I'm still stuck on this. I'm trying to use the Imfile module to send > the content of logfile to another server through rsyslog. I added the > syslog user to the group needed to access this log file, and when I su > syslog, I indeed have access. The running daemon though does not have > access, and I can confirm this is because it does not have the rights > of the group I added the syslog user in. > > Is what I'm trying to do possible?

Still interested in a reaction about this. Maybe I'm missing something obvious but in that case I'd be especially interested to hear about it so I can learn.